MSI Infuses GT Dominator, GE Apache Gaming Notebooks With Nvidia GeForce 800M Graphics

[exfileme]

These notebooks have Nvidia GeForce 800M series graphics.

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[XGrabMyY]

8xxM GPUs? Where are the 8XX desktop line? I am ready for Maxwell yesterday.

 

[XGrabMyY]

8xxM GPUs? Where are the 8XX desktop line? I am ready for Maxwell yesterday.

 

[edwd2]

880M = 780M = 680MXwith higher base frequencies and useless extra memory.

 

[Queenslander]

Why do Laptop GPUs have so much memory? Is 6GB really neccessary?

 

[HiTechObsessed]

Holy lord, 8GB of GDDR5? Why would that ever be necessary in a laptop?

 

[bloodroses75]

Why do Laptop GPUs have so much memory? Is 6GB really neccessary?

I guess the way I'd look at it is since the video card can't be upgraded/replaced, go for as much ram as you can get.

 

[spadam_2000]

880M = 780M = 680MXwith higher base frequencies and useless extra memory.

Except with the 880M the memory bandwidth is only 128-bit compared to the 780M's 256-bit width

 

[HiTechObsessed]

Why do Laptop GPUs have so much memory? Is 6GB really neccessary?

I guess the way I'd look at it is since the video card can't be upgraded/replaced, go for as much ram as you can get.

Yeah, but that GPU can use a max of just about 3GB or so, and even that's pushing it.

880M = 780M = 680MXwith higher base frequencies and useless extra memory.

Except with the 880M the memory bandwidth is only 128-bit compared to the 780M's 256-bit width

The 880m has 256-bit bus.

 

[spadam_2000]

880M = 780M = 680MXwith higher base frequencies and useless extra memory.

Except with the 880M the memory bandwidth is only 128-bit compared to the 780M's 256-bit width

The 880m has 256-bit bus.[/quote]According to Nvidia's website, that is not the case. Where did you get your info?

 

[HiTechObsessed]

Simple typo. Why would their newest flagship be on a 128-bit bus?

http://www.anandtech.com/show/7834/nvidia-geforce-800m-lineup-battery-boost

 

[athonline]

Holy lord, 8GB of GDDR5? Why would that ever be necessary in a laptop?

I guess the way I'd look at it is since the video card can't be upgraded/replaced, go for as much ram as you can get.

In high-end gaming laptops you can upgrade your graphics card. This includes MSI, Alienware and Clevo/Sager designs.The reason behind the 8GBs is marketing. PS4 came with 8GBs and people made a fuzz about it, nVidia tries to get people into PC and is playing like Samsung now: Bigger is better or at least match them in numbers.Any true need? No. Just 8 feels like a magic number nowadays... Oh and to "cover up" that this is just another refresh. ~10% performance increase from 7xxM series.

 

[HiTechObsessed]

Holy lord, 8GB of GDDR5? Why would that ever be necessary in a laptop?

I guess the way I'd look at it is since the video card can't be upgraded/replaced, go for as much ram as you can get.

In high-end gaming laptops you can upgrade your graphics card. This includes MSI, Alienware and Clevo/Sager designs.The reason behind the 8GBs is marketing. PS4 came with 8GBs and people made a fuzz about it, nVidia tries to get people into PC and is playing like Samsung now: Bigger is better or at least match them in numbers.Any true need? No. Just 8 feels like a magic number nowadays... Oh and to "cover up" that this is just another refresh. ~10% performance increase from 7xxM series.

Yeah, I was sad when I saw the 880 and 870 weren't based off of Maxwell. Maxwell is the perfect solution for laptops; twice the amount of performance per watt? Yes please.

 

[Queenslander]

Holy lord, 8GB of GDDR5? Why would that ever be necessary in a laptop?

I guess the way I'd look at it is since the video card can't be upgraded/replaced, go for as much ram as you can get.

In high-end gaming laptops you can upgrade your graphics card. This includes MSI, Alienware and Clevo/Sager designs.The reason behind the 8GBs is marketing. PS4 came with 8GBs and people made a fuzz about it, nVidia tries to get people into PC and is playing like Samsung now: Bigger is better or at least match them in numbers.Any true need? No. Just 8 feels like a magic number nowadays... Oh and to "cover up" that this is just another refresh. ~10% performance increase from 7xxM series.

Thanks for that. Guess you do learn something new every day...

 

[danwat1234]

PLEASE find a way to ship the GT60 and GT70 2OD and 2PE and other 780m/880m MSI laptops with 240W AC adapters because 180W is not enough. "NOS" is a joke, a crutch. Why does the laptop have to suck power from the battery when the GPU and CPU are fully utilized when a slightly larger AC adapter would stop this?
Asus uses a 240w AC adapter for good reason in their G750 and MSI should as well. I thought MSI would probably have learned their lesson after the tomshardware review blasting NOS back in July of last year;; http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/gt70-dragon-edition-2-core-i7-4930mx-laptop,3545-12.html

This is especially important if an Extreme CPU is in the laptop. Having that being fully utilized along with the GPU, NOS will engage and whatever you are trying to do cannot be done forever because the battery will eventually drain to 30%!

 

[JackSessions]

Need help which one to choose. Either MSI GE60 APACHE PRO or MSI GT60 DOMINATOR.
Some of the differences are:

GE60 PROS:
slimmer, lighter, extra 128gb SSD, bluray drive instead of dvd only and 12GB RAM instead of 8GB.

GT60 PROS:
longer battery life, i7 4810MQ instead of i7 4700HQ and GTX870M instead of GTX860M

full specs:
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[HiTechObsessed]

8GB of RAM is plenty, and the 870 is a good bit better than the 860. CPU upgrade is pointless, and SSD doesn't affect gaming, so GT60 would be my choice, unless extre-portability and general computing tasks are more important than gaming.